Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FAMILY LAW (HAGUE CONVENTION ON INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION) REGULATIONS 1998 - REG 18

                Recognition of the adoption of a child includes, for the laws of the Commonwealth and each State, recognition that under those laws:

                (a)    the relationship between the child and each of the child’s adoptive parents is the relationship of child and parent; and

               (b)    each adoptive parent of the child has parental responsibility for the child; and

                (c)     if the laws of the Convention country where the adoption was granted provide that the adoption of the child terminates the legal relationship between the child and the individuals who were, immediately before the adoption, the child’s parents — the relationship is terminated; and

               (d)    the child has the same rights as a child who is adopted under the laws of a State.